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Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran, Sep. 29 – At least two people have been killed during
clashes between demonstrators and State Security Forces (SSF) in the city
of Ahwaz, south-west Iran.
The SSF opened fire on hundreds of people who were taking part in
anti-government demonstrations on Monday in the districts of Shilang-Abad
and Malashieh in Ahwaz.
Similar clashes continued on Tuesday in several other districts in Ahwaz. The SSF once again opened fire on angry
protestors who retaliated by throwing stones at police, eye-witnesses
reported. Two men, identified only as Heydari and Filabi, were reported
dead and several others were injured.
Last week, clashes erupted in Shilang-Abad and Malashieh. People threw
rocks at government buildings and vehicles belonging to the SSF and set
alight tyres in the streets, residents reported.
According to an opposition website, several of those detained were killed
under torture and their charred corpses placed outside the homes of their
families.
Ahwaz, provincial capital of Khuzistan, is home to Iran’s ethnic Arab
population and has been a hotbed of anti-government demonstrations.
Dozens of people were reportedly killed in week-long clashes between mainly
ethnic Arab protesters and security forces in Ahwaz and several other
cities in Iran’s Khuzistan province in April. The strategic area
hold much of Iran’s oilfields.
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